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GEROLIMENAS (Village) ITYLO
IPPOLA (Ancient city) ITYLO
Eth. Hippolaites, fern Hippolaitis. A town of Laconia, a little north-west
of the promontory of Taenarum, in ruins in the time of Pausanias. It contained
a temple of Athena Hippolaitis. It stood either at Kipula, which is apparently
a corruption of the ancient name, or at the ruins called kastron tes horaias on
the highest point of the peninsula of Kavo Grosso.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited June 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
KENI POLIS (Ancient city) ITYLO
At the distance of 40 stadia, or 5 English miles, north of the isthmus
of the Taenarian peninsula, was the town Taenabum or Taenaus, subsequently called
Caenepolis (Kainepolis, Paus. iii. 25. § 9; Kaine, Ptol. iii. 16. § 9; Plin. iv.
15. s. 16; Steph. B. s. v. Tainaros; the same town is probably mentioned by Strab.
viii. p. 360, under the corrupt form Kinaidion.) It contained a temple of Demeter
and another of Aphrodite, the latter near the sea. The modern village of Kyparisso
stands on the site of this town. Some ancient remains and inscriptions of the
time of the Antonines and their successors have been found here. On the door-posts
of a small ruined church are two inscribed quadrangular stelai, decorated with
mouldings above and below. One of the inscriptions is a decree of the Taenarii,
and the other is by the community of the Eleuthero-Lacones (to koinon ton Eleutherolakonon).
We have the testimony of Pausanias (iii. 21. § 7) that Caenepolis was one of the
Eleuthero-Laconian cities; and it would appear from the above-mentioned inscription
that the maritime Laconians, when they were delivered from the Spartan yoke, formed
a confederation and founded as their capital a city in the neighbourhood of the
revered sanctuary of Poseidon. The place was called the New Town (Caenepolis);
but, as we learn from the inscriptions, it continued to be also called by its
ancient name.
This extract is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited June 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
A town near the promontory of Taenarus; its previous name was Taenarum.
KENI POLIS (Ancient city) ITYLO
A titular see in Greece,
suffragan of Corinth.
Taenarum, or Taenarus, was situated five English miles north of Cape
Taenarum, now Cape Matapan. It contained a temple of Demeter, also one of
Aphrodite.
It is today the village of Kyparrisos. After their freedom from the
Spartan yoke, the maritime Laconians formed a confederation, and founded a capital,
called Caenepolis, i. e. new town. From inscriptions we learn that this new city
was really Taenarum, which still preserved its old name. However, there may have
been two distinct cities, in close proximity.
S. Petrides, ed.
Transcribed by: Douglas J. Potter
This extract is cited June 2003 from The Catholic Encyclopedia, New Advent online edition URL below.
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